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There is -- theres capacity there that is also easy to miss. >> the key for us who have been organizing is to keep organizing. i have to be 100% honest. im completely jaded when it comes to the system. and police reform or building relationships with police officers. theres a couple out there who are coming into the community and, you know, participating in basketball games and flag football games and things like that are cool. but the key thing for me is for us to figure out what our talents an...

Dealers, two years ago the police department was overhauled to implement a new model of community policing. they doubled the size of the force while keeping it unionized. they cut desk jobs in favor of getting more officers out into the streets. not just to walk the beat, but to actually get to know the residents. to set up basketball games, to volunteer in schools, to participate in reading programs to get to know small businesses in the area. and to be a police officer takes a special kind of ...

From west africa, north korean officials are not taking any chances. in fact they closed their borders to tourists in october and insist any foreign diplomats or aid workers regardless of where they come from, undergo a 21-day quarantine. one persons spelling error is anothers gain. the public library in berkeley, california ordered 250 buttons to promote its reading programs. look closely. the california city is spelled berkeley. the californians shipped them to berkley, michigan. they said t...

Colleges are speaking to indoctrinate the students before they get there. the courses definitely to end be more liberal and the graduation speakers are more liberal, but not the freshman required reading programs are definitely liberal themes. not one promoted free market principles or capitalism, which is things that students should be learning or american history. >> keep in mind for our viewers this morning, even if you are not paying tuition at one of the schools, you are paying for them rec...

Good idea there. tucker, over to you. >> thank you, anna. well, colleges and universities in america have been accused repeatedly and correctly of pushing a liberal agenda on their students and now theres further proof. young americas foundation did a study on the top 50 schools and the required reading programs for freshman. they found or better yet did not find conservative books. there was not a single conservative book assigned to freshman in the last three years. joining me with more this...

>> that rain is coming. rain is coming. >> at river north at billys restaurant they are getting ready for the fenger fund-raiser. >> we have tuna and smoked salmon. up to you what you want to put in your roll. >> billy hires fenger students to lend a hand. >> im going to pick the best one and name it the fenger roll. >> im truly, truly moved by all of you tonight and your support of fenger high school. we believe our kids matter. kids are standing right there, who are no different than your chil...

He has bought hook, line and sinker his own importance as a star, and thats the problem. just because 16 million people watch your show doesnt mean it is substantive, and i dont think it is. i think people come home after working a very long day and can barely make ends meet and want to watch the very thing he defined at filth, his show. is that cynical enough for ?u. >> he is full of himself. >> you are looking at him, friend. what is the difference between a celebrity saying dont tune into my ...

>> well, it was... gorgeous day. the president arrived just as usual, for an a two-tiered event, a reading event to a classroom and a larger event in the gentleman about education. >> welcome aboard. its fox & friends, 2 after 8:00 in the east. 2 after 5:00 in the west. >> it was just a regular, regular day. i started my day at bryant park. >> if you have something a little extra. >> there is a great item on the front page ttalks about how the early -- >> president bush is in florida, encouragin...

caught on tape. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the politics of unemployment swirling today as president obama and the republicans try to spin the latest jobless numbers to their political advantage. while the president is highlighting new signs of economic strength, the republicans are spotlighting the unemployment level that remains unchanged despite solid job growth. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian has more in prince georges county in virginia. dan? >> repo...

Instruction kinds of curriculums, that we endorsed. one of the ironies, in that no child left behind, they actually pushed for some of these very, very structure reading programs in which the american federation of teachers actually endorsed, and a lot of people pushed away from it, and the -- >> how come? >> because this gets back to the whole notion of localized versus federalized. however, let me say this, the common core has the potential, this new standards based movement, it has the potent...